Just as other wars highlighted great generals; Washington, Lee, and Grant, and memorable battles; Spotsylvania, The Bulge, and The Persian Gulf Flank Run, the Trans-Appalachian Wars had impressive features as well. These wars encompassed the five action phases:
- - The Indian (or Woodland) Wars, 1790-1795,
- - The War of 1812 in the Old Northwest, 1811-1813,
- - The Creek War, 1813-1814,
- - The War of 1812 in the Old Southwest, 1814-1815, and
- - The Stabilization of the Gulf Coast, 1811-1818.
They brought to the fore three great generals; "Mad Anthony" Wayne, William Henry Harrison, and Andrew Jackson, who fought and won five great battles:
- - The Battle of Fallen Timbers, August 20, 1794;
- - The Battle of Tippecanoe, November 7, 1811;
- - The Battle of the Thames, October 8, 1813;
- - The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, March 27, 1814; and
- - The Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815.
